isqueiro

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Circa 1300. From isca +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isˈkejɾo̝/

Noun

isqueiro m (plural isqueiros)

  1. small container for tinder
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:
      y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em el
      there he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its tinder container, its tinder, and its flint inside it

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From isca (tinder) +‎ -eiro. Compare Spanish yesquero.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈke(j).ɾu/ [isˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈke(j).ɾu/ [iʃˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈke(j).ɾo/ [isˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejɾu, -eɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
  • Hyphenation: is‧quei‧ro

Noun

isqueiro m (plural isqueiros)

  1. lighter (fire making device)
    Synonym: acendedor

Descendants

  • Tetum: iskeiru

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